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Jane
- Aug 11, 2018
Breakfast no.1
11.8.18. Mum looks at me and points at the cooked porridge. Now porridge? It’s mine? she asks with a quizzical look. She stands there for a minute or two, thinking. Then she points at her Webster tablet pack marked Saturday morning. Mine? she asks Yes. With what? There’s your tea, I point to the tea waiting for her. Mine? Yes. Have your tablets with your tea. She potters around the table, then returns to her porridge. Again she looks at me and points to her porridge. It is mi

Jane
- Aug 1, 2018
Breakfast No.2
Aug 2018. Mum’s forgotten how to make her porridge. And her cup of tea. She stands there in front of her bowl of soaked porridge, staring at me. Waiting for my instruction. Put the porridge in the microwave for 3 minutes, I say as clearly and patiently as I can. 3 minutes - in the microwave, I repeat. She’s been making her porridge for years, and especially over the last year since she moved in, I’ve been proud to acknowledge that ‘Mums not that bad, she prepares her own po